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Insulin sensitivity affects propensity to obesity in an ethnic-specific manner: results from two controlled weight loss intervention studies

BACKGROUND: Risk for obesity differs with ethnicity/race and is associated with insulin sensitivity (S(I)), insulin responsiveness, and dietary glycemic load (GL). The objective of this study was to test the hypotheses that, 1) obesity-prone, normal weight, African-American (AA) women would be more...

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Autores principales: Gower, Barbara A, Alvarez, Jessica A, Bush, Nikki C, Hunter, Gary R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23298367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-10-3